Inscription found on Grakliani Hill Cover Image

გრაკლიანის გორაზე აღმოჩენილი წარწერა
Inscription found on Grakliani Hill

Author(s): Eduard Maisuradze
Subject(s): Comparative history, Ancient World
Published by: სსიპ-გორის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი
Keywords: Gracliani inscription; pre-Christian Georgian inscriptions; Juma; Hursag;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the village Igoeti of Kaspi municipality in Georgia During archaeological excavations at Grakliani hill in Igoeti (2007) This year, the head of TSU Professor Vakhtang Licheli) Key inscription discovered. The work represents the present Based on data (inscription execution form, inscription design, Period of inscription completed (XI BC - X BC) The first attempt at scientific inquiry. Georgian alphabet Based on historical references to the origin of the Gracliani Gori inscription The signs / graphics are compared to ancient pre-Christian inscriptions, particularly, Calligraphy of Georgian alphabet in archaic stage and Sumerian hieroglyphic Signs. The focus is on identifying the semantics of inscription marks in the names of the astral deities in the pagan Georgian and Sumerian Pantheons, Which are inscribed in the inscription and are archaeological relevance With the monument space.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 16-43
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Georgian